Valérie Benguigui

Valérie Benguigui

Born: November 6, 1965
Died: September 2, 2013
in Oran, Algeria
Valérie Benguigui (8 July 1961 – 2 September 2013) was a French actress and theater director. Born in Oran, Algeria, she took acting courses at the Cours Florent and the National Chaillot Theatre School. Her first film role was in Francis Huster's On a volé Charlie Spencer (1986).

Her most successful television role was in the series Avocats et associés, in which she appeared from 2000 to 2005. She also produced and directed several plays at this time. In 2012, she portrayed Élisabeth in the film What's in a Name? (Le Prénom), which earned her a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as a Molière Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Benguigui was married to actor and restaurant manager Eric Wapler, whom she met while studying at Cours Florent. They had two children.

Benguigui died from breast cancer, aged 52, on 2 September 2013 in Paris. She battled the disease for three years. Benguigui was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery.

Source: Article "Valérie Benguigui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Junior
Title: Junior
Character: Sophie
Released: March 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Alex is in love with Sandra since childhood but has never dared approach her.He asks Antoine, a lonely writer to help him seduce her, because in his time he was the only one to conquer the heart of the mother.
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Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
Title: Le Prénom : la pièce de théâtre
Character: Elisabeth
Released: September 19, 2012
Type: Movie
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Le dindon
Title: Le dindon
Character: Maggy Soldignac
Released: May 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Vatelin and his wife Lucienne love tender love. Rédillon, a friend of the couple, has been courting Lucienne for years. Pontagnac, notorious womanizer and friend of the husband, has only been courting her for a few hours ... And Vatelin is enjoying this unusual situation. Everything spoils when Maggy returns, a very old English mistress of Vatelin who blackmails her by suicide if he refuses an appointment ... Lucienne has always sworn that she would take a lover as soon as proved her husband's infidelity. Who will be elected, who will be the turkey?
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What's in a Name
Title: What's in a Name
Character: Élisabeth
Released: April 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the prenatal examination of his and his wife Anna's unborn son. The name chosen by the soon-to-be parents strongly offends the others for many reasons. The dispute between the guests quickly escalates and before long the resurgence of old grudges and hidden secrets is unavoidable ...
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The Tuche Family
Title: The Tuche Family
Character: Claudia, snob du « Country Club »
Released: June 30, 2011
Type: Movie
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they strive to be happy... that is, until their hand-to-mouth existence is turned on its head. After winning the lottery, the Tuches get rich beyond their wildest dreams and move to Monaco. And while attempting to fit in in their swanky new homeland, they struggle to stay true to the same principles by which they've always lived.
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The Italian
Title: The Italian
Character: Hélène
Released: July 7, 2010
Type: Movie
Dino Fabrizzi is the number one seller of the Maserati dealership in Nice. At 42, he arrives at a turning point in his life, the position of director is openly proposed and his companion for a year, Helen, has the firm intention to marry her. For Dino, life is great, except that this perfect life was built on a lie. Dino is actually called Mourad Ben Saoud. Neither his boss nor Helen and even less his parents are aware of this false identity. In ten days begins Ramadan and Mourad who passes every year will this time assume the promise made to his sick father. Taking part in Ramadan, For Dino - the Italian - it will not be easy.
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My Father's Guests
Title: My Father's Guests
Character: Karine
Released: March 31, 2010
Type: Movie
A human-rights activist takes in an illegal immigrant and her daughter, then shocks his family when they learn that he has married the sexy 28-year-old.
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Turk's Head
Title: Turk's Head
Character: Yelda
Released: March 31, 2010
Type: Movie
A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.
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The Wolberg Family
Title: The Wolberg Family
Character: Marianne
Released: December 2, 2009
Type: Movie
He can deliver a breathtaking speech on the American soul to flabbergasted schoolboys, get mixed up in the private lives of his citizens, and even get his 18-year-old daughter to swear that never, but never, would she leave home. Meet Simon Wolberg, mayor of a small provincial city, madly in love with his wife, an interfering father and provocative son. This man is driven by an obsession with his family. Which leads him to test the force and fragility of these bonds.
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Bitter Victory
Title: Bitter Victory
Character: Michèle Dalembert
Released: December 2, 2009
Type: Movie
Xavier Alvarez est un petit architecte d'Aix-en-Provence en recherche perpétuelle de reconnaissance sociale. Il s'est fait tout seul et prospère, mais ne parvient pas à décrocher de gros marchés publics pour assouvir ses rêves de grandeur. Il décide donc de se lancer corps, âme et biens dans la campagne de Vincent Cluzel, le candidat outsider à la mairie, persuadé qu'il renverra l'ascenseur en cas de victoire. À force d'énergie et de ruse, il parvient à discréditer le favori et à faire élire son protégé. Mais leur amitié sincère, nouée dans la conquête du pouvoir, se heurte alors aux limites des intérêts et de l'ambition.
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Every Jack Has a Jill
Title: Every Jack Has a Jill
Character: Myriam
Released: July 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings -- especially his shoes -- and sets out to find him.
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Safari
Title: Safari
Character: Magalie
Released: April 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took the job after his father and never went into the savanna by himself. As he owes big money to some mobster, he is compelled to convey a fake tourist, with a suspicious suitcase, toward Mozambic. To avoid suspicion from the authorities, he is supposed to tour a group of tourists as usual. The only problem - he is completely unexperienced as a guide!
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Baby Blues
Title: Baby Blues
Character: France Laud
Released: November 26, 2008
Type: Movie
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The Class
Title: The Class
Released: September 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
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Two Lives Plus One
Title: Two Lives Plus One
Character: Valentine
Released: October 17, 2007
Type: Movie
Everyone knows that Eliane Weiss is dedicated in everything she does, from her husband, to her daughter and pupils. But not everyone knows that she longs for more - more time for her, more fun, more thrills. So when she decides to start working on her passion, writing, and incidentally meets an attractive publisher, everyone is taken by surprise. As their seemingly perfect life starts to fall apart, everyone will have to readjust to the new Eliane Weiss.
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La Vie d'artiste
Title: La Vie d'artiste
Character: Solange
Released: September 5, 2007
Type: Movie
A novelist, an actress, and a struggling young singer all attempt to make their mark in modern day Paris in director Marc Fitoussi's cynical entertainment industry satire. Bertrand is a French literary professor whose students all know that he is shacked up with pretty math teacher Solange despite the couple's best efforts to keep their relationship under the radar. Though no one in the school much cares for Bertrand's prose, self-flagellating student Frederic is the one notable exception. Meanwhile, as Bertrand struggles to deliver his second novel, recent big city arrival Cora finds that her fondness for outmoded songwriters may be having an adverse effect on her career trajectory. While Cora struggles to make ends meet by working at a popular chain steakhouse, even this attempt to remain afloat ultimately proves disastrous.
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I Hate My Best Friends' Kids
Title: I Hate My Best Friends' Kids
Character: Louise
Released: July 4, 2007
Type: Movie
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Pur week-end
Title: Pur week-end
Character: Véronique Alvaro
Released: May 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Former school friends get together one weekend a year, this year in the mountains.
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Charlie Says
Title: Charlie Says
Character: Charlie's mother
Released: July 27, 2006
Type: Movie
The seemingly separate lives of a group of men intersect entwining the fates of each of them over the course of a week.
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Comme t'y es belle !
Title: Comme t'y es belle !
Character: Alice
Released: May 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Isa, Alice, Léa and Nina, linked by their Sephardic families as much as by their friendship, share their lives between love affairs, a beauty institute under fiscal control, children to raise, an undocumented Moroccan nanny to marry, repeated diets, family and religious holidays to honor, but before being beautiful, their biggest challenge is to be themselves.
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Let's Be Friends
Title: Let's Be Friends
Character: Eva
Released: February 23, 2005
Type: Movie
The two friends Claude and Serge are fundamentally different in their temperament. Similarities arise only when they try to have a relationship with a woman, because both fail equally. While Claude is simply too shy to even start a relationship, let alone meet a woman, Serge is too jumpy to have a relationship. Together they go in search of the great love in all sorts of curious situations, from the self-help group on speed dating to wedding celebrations of strangers - in the hunt for the right woman, they are no way too far.
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The Great Role
Title: The Great Role
Character: Viviane
Released: October 13, 2004
Type: Movie
When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of Shylock. Thinking he has finally been cast in an important film role after years of obscurity, Maurice rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla. Later, Maurice discovers the part has gone to a famous American star, but he must play the role of his life to be sure Perla, who has become very ill with cancer, doesn't find out.
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Laughter and Punishment
Title: Laughter and Punishment
Character: Audrey
Released: January 28, 2003
Type: Movie
French director Isabelle Doval directs her husband, popular comedic actor José Garcia, in the comedy Rire et Chatiment (Laughter and Punishment). Vincent (Garcia) is a popular physician whose aggressive need to be funny and get people's attention annoys his girlfriend, Camille (Doval), to the point that she leaves him. He begins to suspect she might have been onto something when his behavior begins causing people to die.
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A Hell of a Day
Title: A Hell of a Day
Character: Stéphanie
Released: October 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test… that proves positive, a car accident and being fired from her job... For Hortense, mobile phone in hand, the frantic quest for sexual satisfaction begins in a traffic jam... For both Luis and Maurice, the unexpected appearance of a loved one pitches them into a world of dreams and nightmares. While some of the characters know each other, others come into contact by chance. One woman profits from all this, the other is shattered. One will have gone looking for trouble, the other will have asked for nothing. There'll be no fatalities.
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Jet Set
Title: Jet Set
Character: The Baroness
Released: June 14, 2000
Type: Movie
In the working-class Paris suburb of Montreuil, Jimmy's restaurant, the Bombay Bar, is on the verge of being closed down by creditors. Jimmy is despondent -- the fact that his wife is about to have a baby isn't helping matters -- when he and his business partner Fifi find unlikely inspiration in the form of "Riches et Sympas," a TV show dedicated to the lives of the rich and famous. Figuring that getting the "right" people to frequent their business will ensure its reputation, Jimmy and Fifi persuade Jimmy's friend, the laid-back, unemployed Mike, to pose as a nobleman and lure his moneyed associates to the Bombay Bar. Mike agrees, and after crashing a posh charity ball, he finds himself being taken in by the likes of society fixture Arthus de Poulignac and Evrard, the latter of whom ensconces Mike in his private mansion. Unfortunately, Mike soon becomes a little too fond of his newly-acquired lifestyle, leaving Jimmy to wonder what to do with the monster he unwittingly created.
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My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters
Title: My Father, My Mother, My Brothers and My Sisters
Character: Martine
Released: June 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Young single mother has two sons and a daughter by three different fathers who are completely unaware of having fathered them. Anne's mother conjures up a plot to make everyone involved to go on a beach holiday in Mexico at the same time so that her grandchildren could meet their fathers and their new families.
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Mes amis
Title: Mes amis
Character: La cadreuse
Released: June 2, 1999
Type: Movie
In the morning, two friends, a producer and an actor, discover the corpse of a young woman who accompanied them the previous night. The shooting of the day is not going to go as planned at all.
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Droit dans le mur
Title: Droit dans le mur
Character: l'interprète
Released: November 19, 1997
Type: Movie
Pierre Richard directed, co-scripted and stars in this French comedy. Former top film comedian Romain (Richard) is on a downward spiral -- rehearsing a play directed by his sister while also dealing with his wife, mistress, taxes, low self-esteem, demands for attention from his two children, and a private detective attempting to snap incriminating photos. Producer Jean-Louis Levi appears in a cameo as a poverty-stricken bum.
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Would I Lie to You?
Title: Would I Lie to You?
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Jobless loner Eddie Vuibert gets a lucky break when a rich Jewish entrepreneur mistakes him for a Jew and gives him a sweet job in the Parisian fashion district.
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Title: Palace
Character: Notre-Dame de Lourdes / Louise, la soubrette / Ambassadrice de Bulgarie
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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On a volé Charlie Spencer !
Title: On a volé Charlie Spencer !
Released: December 24, 1986
Type: Movie
Students of film history will appreciate the many tributes to famous films of yore which appear in this first-time feature directed and written by former drama teacher Francis Huster. In the story, a mild-mannered bank clerk has heroic dreams of being a real he-man. Given his diffident, shy nature, it comes as a bit of a surprise that not only does he actually have a girlfriend, but he has managed to get her pregnant. However, she doesn't fit his image of himself, and he can't bring himself to marry her. When the bank he works in is robbed by a daring group which includes a magnetically attractive woman, the clerk throws his lot in with them and becomes an outlaw.